San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-03
CITY COUNCIL.
They are Planning for Next Years Pub
lie ImproYements.

! The victory Of the progressive party
/ at the polls on Saturday last was the oo-
! casion OF good deal OF quiet rejoicing
and oongrstulation among the members
! of the city council at their meeting yes
| terday afternoon. All the members were
present and after roll call and the read
| Ing OF the minutes, the mayor took up
| the following memorials and petitions:
Citizens, for water mains TO be laid on
Utica street; gas and water committee.
A. Dittmsr and Emil Labroche for re-
! duction OF their assessments; assessment
committee.
f. Callsen complained OF bad cul-
| vert on Turner street; city engineer.
1hos. Speedy, to erect building; fire
| committee.
Adams q Wickes laid claim to a lot on
Bnrnet and Elm streets and asked that
| city engineer be ordered TO give them
the correct fence lines; petition was
| filed.
J. McDOnald's petition for remission
| OF pound fees, and o. Dellenberger for
remission OF a fine, were referred to the
police committee. Sam Mavericks Pc
tiuOn for a building permit was referred
| TO the fire committee.
The petition of Ludwig Aahncke, to
be allowed 10 have license a runner AZ
| the railway depots, was referred to the
| committee on petitions and Ordinan ces.
Street commissioner reported that
new oulyert is required at Bowie street,
on the Alamo branch ditch. Referred
TO the city engineer.
City attorneys report as TO what con-
stitufed an irOnclad building, was re-
| ferred TO fire committee.
The ordinance protecting hooking
birds WAS adopted.
Mayor Callaghan was granted leave
| of absence for five days 70 allow him to
attend the anti.prohibition convention
at Dallas.
For the finance committee, Chairman
Belknap submitted the following resolu-
tions, which, after being read, were
adopted:
Resolved, That the mayor be author
| lied to have prepared and engraved at
as early day as possible the $l5OOOO
thirty-year 5per cent. bonds authorized
by the Taxpayers at an election held in
this city April 30, 1887, for the purpose
set forth in his proclamation OF April /.
And that he be also empowered to nego-
tiatc their sale as per city ordinance gov
erning the same. Bonds to be SlOOo
| each.
Resolved, That committee of four
hlhNl bS W
who with the mayor as chairman, shall
select q site for city hall, court house
and Jail combined, and who shall ex-
anime and call for plans and speciflcs-
tiOns, and be authorized by the council
to order this work carried out at as early
day as possible, preference being given
always for home talent and product.
Resolved, That the same committee be
instructed TO examine into, select sites
.mJ go tho cnnstrnc,ion fone On the
80 o,,d onothor on rho wast sida NJ the
r S;~ Sr az the fnrDsnos reouirsd for the
fos,ructIon Of gsrb,ge fiIih etc
PasnIveJ aIsn That this committee
sbaI from Meeting to meeting renort
80 this oounciI Tor thsir annroSsI such
80 ~ ," 30 tSor Tron, tin,a r. tipa NAV bava
90, "rS1op ~Y ''o'
Res"Ivod That the MAYOR he su,bor.
tad ~ eynnnd SIo o00 for iha enninment
80 Eottarnant of rho fro JeSartmsnt
o. a"r n,oy he SeomeS hest bv the Ire com
1,eitt"S 49, nd fra SiroctorT ~ This citv In
nnri',Ootion Nth his honor tho moror
80 ~ tbn hat intarost IF tbis city in ire
nrotoo,,on of nronartv from Gre
ptP es0Iyad Tbat the msvor the chair
- 81 tbo stroat "a h-ijgo comuittaa
r. oNoirn,on of tbs nnhiic imnrovamnnt
coT,nnitIea "a COMMITTEE he oHtbor.
izad 70 mSte nuTCbosas of the imnIa.
80 ronniTed for the street denart-
,l,o,it .,,i a. ,Nroaoro son,o CO.. tho rat
intaro ,.' Of tha city os in their INDIGNANT
theT msv deem host '"s
prpr r. IMPROVEMENTS
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Inc p9ollc Improvement commlttee
SnohlIted report that south Iresa ana
hlhg "iiilsm streetS were NOT conple,
tea rs the cohtT@ct cslleu lot fecel'eu
an Th me ord,roroa for no5d,orS voO o,,ow-
cd to remain as il is. with no change.
Complaint against the Fashion theatre
bnpd. az a nuisance. was not granted.
The ordinance against locomotive
Whaling was repealed. Several peti-
tiOns from paupers for aid were referred
To the cItv pbVsician.
A building permit was granted Ed.
Froboese. Sr. John Adams WAS given
DermissiOp to run an irrigatipg box
drain across Peach st. Mary Adams petit
tion for reduction of tax assessment was
refused.
GINS Peltzer. G.. Herman and Michel
GireIli,s, petitions for remission of fines
bv the recorder. were refused.
A free bydrapt was ordered at the
corner of Salado and Durango streets.
Wagner a. Chahot were granted nermis-
sion to erect A lamp nost on Commerce
street Committee on rnles recommend
ed that rule No. 3. of the oounciI he NOT
changed. adonted
..r.. 1T.
lne eleo'iio Hsn' olo'hai'ce was
P'NN' :, =,
Inc ordinance regulating the ex-